WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday at 10 a.m., the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial Questions." Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, and two witnesses from the Environmental Protection Agency will testify as the committee continues its investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding Volkswagen’s emissions issues.
Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) commented, “The American public deserves answers. VW needs to come clean and I hope that starts tomorrow."
VW’s Top US Executive Learned of Emissions Issues in 2014
By Michael Biesecker and Tom Krisher
Volkswagen’s top U.S.-based executive is expected to testify before Congress Thursday that he first learned in 2014 of emissions problems with the German automaker’s four-cylinder diesel cars.
But in prepared remarks posted Wednesday, Volkswagen Group of America CEO Michael Horn doesn’t directly address when he was first told his company had developed on-board computer software designed to deceive emissions tests.
Horn is scheduled to testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which was provided an advance copy of the executive’s written testimony. It will be the first appearance on Capitol Hill by Horn, a German and veteran VW manager who took over the reins of the brand’s American subsidiary last year. …
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